Miracle in Soho

Miracle in Soho (1957)

In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets Julia Gozzi, a barmaid, and "The Miracle" happens.

Date of release
1957-07-09
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Julian Amyes

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Miracle in Soho is a 1957 British drama film directed by Julian Amyes and starring John Gregson, Belinda Lee and Cyril Cusack. It was written by Emeric Pressburger. The film depicts the lives of the inhabitants of a small street in Soho and the romance between a local road-builder and the daughter of Italian immigrants.

Production

Emeric Pressburger wrote the script in Paris in 1934 for director Kurt Gerron. It was originally called The Miracle in St Anthony's Lane and concerned German exiles in Paris. The film came close to being made in the 1930s, being optioned several times in France, but no movie resulted.

In the late 1930s Pressburger went into a highly acclaimed partnership with Michael Powell, under the banner of "The Archers", which lasted for nearly twenty years. Powell wrote in his memoirs that Pressburger was always interested in making a movie of Miracle claiming "it had been optioned in Berlin, in Paris, and in London, and had even made one flight to Hollywood for six months before returning to its author, minus a few feathers." Powell sai…

In 1945 Pressburger announced he would direct and produce The Miracle in St Anthony's Lane independently of Powell but it was not made after Pressburger could not secure one of the three stars he wanted (Michael Redgrave, Robert Donat or Laurence Olivier). In May 1946 the film, along with The Small Back Room, was listed as being on the schedule of the Archers.

In June 1954 Pressburger announced he and Powell would make Miracle as part of a slate of three films, the others being an adaptation of Die Fledermaus and a story of the scuttling of the Graf Spee called The Battle. Pressburger called Miracle "a love story - a sort of up-date of Seventh Heaven set in London's Soho district." The pair adapted Die Fledermaus as Oh...

The Battle of the River Plate was a financial and critical success. The film was financed by the Rank Organisation, whose chairman, Sir John Davis was keen for Powell and Pressburger to make further films with the studio. Pressburger wanted the team to follow it up with three movies: Ill Met By Moonlight, Miracle in St Anthony's Lane and Cassie.

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